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For Victory... N. C. Stafe Eliminates S By USC In Conference UNITED STATES DEFENSE V Tourney at Raleigh BONDS TAMPS (storyon Page 5) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Z676 Volume XXXV. No. 15 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1942 Discussion Convene N4 Thirty-Four Professor In Advisory Capacity Groups of students will con period at designated rooms, u who have volunteered to act a problems. Discussions were planned to extension division plan to orgi the campus where students cou rent topics and receive the eoi others. Programming for the move' ha< scheduled the trial groups for las Monday. The shifting of the chape schedule to make room for a speak er on Friday made that plan impos sible. Extension officials believ( that the arrangements will wort smoothly this time. W. H. Ward, University exten sion division head, communicate with all the members of the faculty asking whether they would find i convenient to meet with suct groups in an advisory capacity Thirty-four of those contacted sai that they would. Groups are to be divided into tw< broad classifications. In one typt the students will discuss genera topicir of interest to all. The secon< type will consist of specialized dis cussions on different fields of en deavor as they are affected by th present crisis. In these groups pro fessors will give specialized treat ments of the subject matter and di rect the discussion by the students In general, however, the facult: guides will not be expected to an swer the students' questions bu will mereiy direct the parley by th group's members and guard agains too much digression. Test discussions will be hel( Monday with the following profes sors: C. M. Ferrell, 202 Legare; C R. Sherrill, 204 Legare; W. M. Mc Leod, 216 Davis; Dean F. W. Brad ley, 213 Davis; W. T. Herbert, 11 Davis; J. T. Penney, 407 LeConte Also; W. E. Hoy, 403 LcConte Miss Mary O'Dell, 203 Harper Leila G. Johnson, 23 -DeSaussure Dean W. E. Rowe, 206 Sloan; J. B Jackson, 303 Sloan; Dean J. Nelso Frierson, at his office in the Lav building and Captain R. A. Hall a his office in the new library. Activities Denied Allotments Con Appeal For Funds Money Is to Be Granted From Contingent Fund To Needy Organizations A letter was sent last wee to organizations wvhich requestedl a allottment from the Student Activ ties Fee but which wvere not succesx fuxl. The letter is signed by V Frank Tavlor, Jr., chairman of th faculty-student committee on sti dent activities and is as follows: "I am writing on behalf of tit faculty-student committee on sli dent activities. This committ< wants you to know that you has the right to appear before the con mittee at any of its regular mieeting to appeal for funds to carry on yot various projects. Such funds, granted, will come from the coi tingent fund account of the studet activities account. "The committee realizes th; there are a good many activities c the campus more or less affectir the entire student body, which a' tivities, if carried out, need a ce tain amount of money. There al some activities which are not of regular nature and the committ< feels that the amount of money wv fluctuate from year to year. Ther fore, if you feel that your group hi a proposed activity which is dlepen, ent upon the securing of mone please let us hear from you. Turn In On Conclaves axt Week s Will Meet Students ; Trial Groups Test It vene Monday during orienta.ion nder the direction of professors ,s supervisors, to discuss current determine student reaction to an inize numbers of such groups on id express their opinions on cur istructive criticism and views of Doctor Bradley Is Unofficial Agent For Navy Will Serve As Advisor For Students Desiring Nautical Information Dean F. W. Bradley, of the school of arts and sciences has been appointed an unofficial information agent for the Naval Reserve re cruiting service. I In this unofficial capacity, Brad I ley will act as as an advisor and informant to students who are in - terested in signing up for the re serve training. In a letter to Dean Bradley this week, it was revealed that certain - changes tiave been made in the re quirements for enlistment in Naval aviation. - Effective immediately, the mini t mum age requirement for enlist ment in naval aviation will be 19 t years. Sophomores enrolled in college may now be enlisted in the Naval - (CONTINUE[bDN PAGE 6) High School Week Begins On Mar. 28 University To Be Host To Hordes Of Students Preliminary examinations for the South Carolina high school week t program are being mailed to the high schools over the state this week, prof. W. C. McCall, director of the University personnel bureau announced this week. Professor McCall said that the preliminary tests are drawn up by various high school teachers and University students and will be used to determine which students will attend the final high school week program March 28 to April 1. The annual wveek of testing is sponsored by the S. C. Hiigh School League andl the University will be k host to the hundreds of students Swho come to Columbia for the pro grami. SArgentina And -Axis, But Are Dr W . alct Of Physi IT HAS HAPPE (An Editor Three months have passed since I A campus defense committee ha! the members? We have heard the air-raid alari city. We have read in the newspi classes and wardens learning their , All of which is very fine, but wh Every University official we c there should be jobs for every stud the man who is going to tell us wb In brief, let's get going. If the officials in charge for tb ... as is usually the case with tf( around Carolina . . . then turn the We can do it. Anybody who h gathering of students, from AKG r sessions, knows we are anxious to p In other words . . . Let's have more blackouts and 1< K 25e Campu S' 57ii UeeW..T.. Turq Off the Lights KSK is beginning a drive this week to turn off the lights where they are not needed. Re- e member this and we save elec- ee tricity for defense and won't ligi lt- .uht with iigh-ts on when air raid alarms are tried out. , istl - Sig Chapel Schedule ter The chapel schedule will be back at normal next week. The 11CE special changes of this week, On ending today, apply to this so week and are observed only bui for the special speaker today, bu Scotty Cowan. prc Juniors Still Missing K!Q Juniors who have not as yet ch< paid their assessment for the inp junior-senior should contact I Jimmy Bell, junior class presi- sai dent, at once. The assessment mla must be paid if admittance to rer the dance is desired. to Position Still Open P Positions on the business staff of the Gamecock are still F open. Any student who wishes to start this semester in prep- ] aration for a paying job next be semester may still contact C. dei C. Ariail, Jr., business manager, bo: at his rooi in Preston College. M< Yap Yaps ha. Through a mistake in an- the nouncement, Dr. Diadado M. ahi Yap, Philippine economist, will pr< speak in chapel next Tuesday thi insteadl of last, as stated in the hu: Gamecock of Friday, Feb. 27. me Chile Not Antagc Following The 0I History Professor Says tai Their Stand Is Logical (JEdiWpr's note : This is the first sat of a series of articles by University for history professors.) fro "Argentina andl Chile are not rea antagonistic, but different in their sh< attitudle toward the war from the Ur rest of the American nations," Dr. ag; \V. H. Callcott of the University of, South Carolina history department the declared yesterday. cid Outstanding authority on Latin O"i American relations with the United sh< States, Doctor Callcott explained fro quickly the underlying economic Pol reasons for Argentina and Chile's the stand against breaking off relations a with the Axis countries. This, he' points out, is an essential basis for col the greatly desired cultural and in- coi he Ligi cal i NED HERE ial) Pearl Harbor. i been appointed. Who are i signals being tested in the tpers about civilian defense jobs. at are we supposed to do? ontact has assured us that ent. We agree but where is at to doI e campus are overburdened se who are willing to work job over to the students. as stopped to listen to any ieetings to Tenament 10 bull et down to business. )ss backouts. appa Sig Kappa arts Crusading D Save Kilowatts Officials Blame Profs For A Tthird Of Waste Of Campus Electricity n intensive program to save :tricity, by turning out unused its on the campus is being started i :k Ly the University admin ation in cooperation with Kappa ma Kappa, campus service fra ruity. Jniversity officials estimate that riy one third of the current used the campus is wasted by profes s and students who leave lights ning in rooms, both in classroom Idings and dormitories. ,ards reminding students and tessors to turn off the lights will f< placed over light switches anl Iz K plans to organize squads to y ck on unused lights left burn CSK president Dan Gibbes, Jr., 11 I that the aim of the drive is to tl ke light saving a habit through inding students and professors b)e sparing. el riorities Denied 1 :r Boiler System 0 "riorities for the new boilers to installed at the University were C iied this week by the priorities d krd in Washington, Pres. J. Rion a :Kissick announcedl today. e 'residlent McKissick said that he ba I not given up hope of obtaining s priorities in spite of the unfavor e report. He said that he would S bably go to WVashingin again -I month to try for permiission to i' the badly-needed heating equ p- ni nt. A mnistic Toward Id Policy Of TI ectual cooperation so often talked ni They are following exactly the ne policy the U. S. has pursued el 100 years," he declared. ic Argentina is making good money ~ m the wvar and sees no logical & son to become involved. In this ft is following the example of the ited States to April, 1917, and , in up to December, 1941-.u It took the 130 million people of ri United States two years to de- A e to join the fight when wve were v y 3,000 miles from it. Why C mId Argentina, 8,000 miles away v m the fight with one-tenth of the >uhation and only a fraction of ce tradle contract of the U. S., take , tand? t Argentina has no large trade c mnections with the U. S. To the lI strarv. she produces many onm- o' * 0 ainin( Sarolina Alumnus C Governor Richar tichard Manning Jel ro Governorship On 1 Jefferies, Harley And Wise Were Carolina Men Senator Richard Manning Jef .ries, of Walterboro, succeeded the te Governor J. Emile 1laricy, of arnwell, to the office of Governor f South Carolina last Sunday. oth of these men were.alumni of ie University of South Carolina. t Senator John M. Wise, another lumnus of the University, surcced I Jefferies as president pro tem ore of the Senate. Senator Wise aid served as president pro tempore f the Senate from 19-10 to 19-11, ien voluntarily retired. Senator Jefferies, graduated from arolina in 1910 earning his A.l. egree. While at Carolina, he was member of the Clariosophic Lit- c rary Society, andl many other or- . anizations. lHe held campus and udent body offices. The new president of the Senate,t enator Wise, gradluated from the I aw class of 1905. His graduation 1 'as summa cunm laude. WVise has aintainedl his memb)ership in the lumni Association for many years. Pan-American: de U.S., Explaji odities that rival ours in the in rnational market. "Chile is also in a more independ it position that other South Amer an positions. Geographically she more isolatedl than Argentina 000 miles from Japan andl in no f ~ar of conquest by any neighbor. s "Synthetic nitrates have almost recked the Chilean nitrate market itil now her chief value to the wvar ng nations is her copper export. Ithough the U. S. produces the orld's largest amount of copper, hile is the leading exporter of this ital war material. "We now import much of this pper and when the copper sources 'ere first opened in World War I 1 irce U. S. concerns quickly secured ontrol of 80 per cent of the output. hut in thirties one faction in Chile ,ished to follow the example of1 ilave i Hek( P ets GovernorshipP S If les a p gra stu4 ann S stul ser phy low gro C Am shlo coll the phy can wa! wa, RC mei S. F4 I M. Jefferies feries Succeeds Denth Of Harley )orsey Announces a :or Presidency; on 3thers Are Quiet i sor Bill Dorsey of Myrtle Beach an- I ounced this week that lie would be I"e D)r candidate for the presidency of D hle stl(lclt body in the annual eleC- rae ions this spring. Ilig In a statenient, Dorsey said: "\e Mi re at war, and unforseen events S Cre nay necessitate real leadership in fes lie near future. If elected as your Ver ire-ident of your studeilt body, I ani vill ever he mindful of inmy respon ibilitics and \ will carry out my Il luties to the be.t interest of ily I cll,\w stidents.' gat The fact that Dtirsev is the only mue andidate for any offive to announce stil 'et as arch catupaign-time draws for lar, lbrings to the forefront that seh if niews ab out politics. Cointr-a,ted I o last year's hieatedl contests, this hiet uLl is as mystifying as it is unex- offi ect ed. set' Various class officers were beinlg thir oughit biy ain ahinost itndetermiinale thec mmtihier of canidiates. asi prc Stand Against Is Callcott T lexico ini squteezinig otut the foreign onitrol of her resoturces, and now he Allied nations must go to her (et or the bad(ly needed copper. eni "Tihus Chile, like Argentina, is "m ollowinig the o1(d U. S. policy of taying out whlile it pays, and( when th hey feel they are in no0 danger rc ardiess of the outcome of the war. S cot "That the American nations htouild reach a firm understanding ai nd( co-operatiotn followving the warta s to b)e hoped for, certainly-Ar ~entina andl Chile included,.o "WVe huave reachedi the poitnt rat whiere co-operation is necessary. dlr [he basis of understanding is tradle. tri 'here are only one or two Amnericanu co tatious wvith inherent trade rivalries tet mld the trade needs of Europe fol- sa owing the war shoulid take care of ant hese." 9. I Jp Ian Had Been uggested To ondition Men Aany Colleges Have Put n Compulsory Courses; ;tudents IlIl-Prepared he faculty deferred action Wed lay 9n the proposal to institute re-service physical training pro mi at the University for all men lents, Dean John A. Chase, Jr. ounced yesterday. pecial training to prepare men lents for the rigors of military ,ice had been suggested by the sical education department, fol ing requests by several campus ups for the training. ampus polls of fifty important erican schools, including USC, wed last week that the average ege student is ill-prepared for job of fighting in so far as his sical condition is concerned. Vhen the national emergency first ie about, the War department asked by the Unversity if it possible to institute a special TC type training for pre-service I here. The department said that (CONTINUED ON PAGE 6) C. High Schools md All Leaders )r Campus Meet "Youth And Democracy" Is Topic For Student Thought At Conference Uigh school student leaders from )arts of South Carolina will meet the University campus Saturday, rch 14, for a two day Leadership Democracy conference spon ed by the Extension division. 'he program proposed for the ting will include an address by llarry Henderson Clark on ie Place of Youth in a Democ a panel discussion by four h school leaders conducted by s l.odenma Gaines; an exposition the student's role in the present is by Dr. Adolph Vermont, pro ,or of modern languages at Con ;e College, and a talk on vouth the post-war world by Prof. W. Weber, Bibic instructor at Co ibia College. n addition to the-sc talks, dele es will have group discussion t uings presidled over by Carolina dent leaders and ()thers. Subjects the dliscussions have not been 'lans for this conference have n considered by the extension ce since January. L,etters were t to edlucation superintendents oughout the state, set ting forth p)urpose of the confer ence and :ing for suggestions about the igram and opinions concerning value of such a confer ence. raining Courses re Passed By 166 )ne hutndr ed andl sixty-six stu its have satisfactorily completed tineering, science and( manage nit defense training courses at the iversity andl will soon receive ir certificates. 'ollowing are the numbers of per.. is who wvill graduate in the arses: \dvanced aircraft inspection, 9; craft inspection, 23; camp sani ion and wvater supply, 12; con te design and constrtuction, 10; ~t accounting, 24; elementary lio engineering, 13; engineering twing, 9; fundamentals of elec :al engineering, 6; industrial ac mting and1 management, 13; ma ials inspection and testing, 7; ety engineering, 26; surveying d mapping, 5; traffic engineering, Reuse